June 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

I love June.  Spring roundup is over.  The horses are on pasture grass once again and off hay.  All the new perennials are in the ground and growing.  And new baby kittens are in the stables somewhere.  A few more weeks and their moms will bring them out of their hiding spot to meet me.  

I know a lot of you will be traveling this summer, so how about a little "Road Trip".  The best vacations I ever had were driving "blue highways".   You know, those little blue lines on a map that go places where freeways don't exist.  Sure, it takes longer, but there are so many interesting people to meet, places and things to see along the way.  Have fun this summer and drive safe out there!

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Fan Freebie --

And, for those of you who will be staying close to home, throw a backyard get-together for family and friends.  Whatever you do, be sure to take lots of summer pictures.  You can pull them out in the middle of winter and have something to smile about :) 

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The Boo Update --

Boo is a happy cat when I go shopping.  There are all sorts of bags and boxes for him to play on and crawl into.  There have been occasions where I can't find him anywhere.  Sure enough . . . he's sound asleep in a bag or box :)

Meet me back here in July!

May 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

 In my family, we have at least one birthday in each month of the year except for February and September, so basically, we celebrate "something" every month.  Valentine's Day in February and Back to School in September.  I no longer have children living at home, BUT it's really less hectic shopping when other people's children are back in school :)

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Fan Freebie --

What's a party without a lot of "noise" to go with it?  I love graffiti on my scrapbook pages and use it often to add that extra "zing" to the pages.  It's like an "After Party" party!

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The Boo Update --

I told you last month how much Boo loves to "help" me with the plants.  This cyclamen is his very favorite.  At least once a day I'll find him sitting by it smelling the flowers.  While he was watching the flowers grow, I rather enjoyed seeing him other than totally black as the sun bounced off the crystals hanging in the window and gave his fur patches of red color.

Until next month . . . 

April 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

 I had to stop by the feed store to pick up grain for the horses a few weeks ago.  It should have only taken maybe a half hour, BUT . . . their baby chicks had arrived!  All different kinds of them. Soooo cute!  A couple hours later when I finally pulled myself away from them and headed back to the ranch, I thought about where I could keep chickens and how to protect them from predators.  I used to have chickens and dearly loved them.  They're sweet and actually like any other pet if you spend time with them.  One time, it was the middle of winter and I went out to take care of all the animals.  Well . . . this Pollack chicken had gotten herself caught between two posts.  I got her out simply by lifting her up where the posts spread wider, but it didn't seem like she could stand on her feet.  I thought they might have gotten frozen.  If you knew me well, you'd know exactly what I did next.  I took the chicken into the house, put her in the bathroom off from the kitchen and turned on the heat lamps.  I made sure she could reach her food and water without having to move much.  When my husband came home from work, he took one whiff and asked if we were having chicken!!  I told him "no, but check out the "rehab center" in the bathroom".  To make the story short, a couple days later, I came downstairs in the morning to make breakfast for the kids and found my chicken pecking on Benny's food on the kitchen floor.  Benny was my parrot and that silly bird was clutching food in one foot and tossing it through the bars of his cage onto the floor for the chicken.  He'd make a laughing noise and then throw out more.  It was the funniest thing I think I have ever seen!

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Fan Freebie --

Yes, I've had rabbits, too!  If you haven't noticed, my entire life has been devoted to critters and kids, and I've loved pretty much every moment.  The colors in this kit match the one above so you'll have interchangeable pieces to build your scrapbook pages.  Hop to it!!

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The Boo Update --

I love gardening in the spring and summer here.  During the winter, I keep my hands in the dirt with a ton of house plants to care for.  The orchid was a gift from my daughter.  I ice it once a week all year long and before the snow melts outside, it blooms.  Boo has a great interest in the plants as well, especially the flowering ones.  I think he must be able to smell the flowers even though people can't.  He just can't resist jumping up and giving me a hand.  Ummm . . . maybe I should say "paw" :)

Happy Easter everyone!

March 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

I was just going to head into my studio to get some work done and all of a sudden I realized that tomorrow is March 1 and I hadn't posted the new blog train yet!  Geez!!  I guess I'm not as proficient at multitasking as I used to be!  Lately, every time I think I'm getting ahead, I find myself running to catch up.  I definitely have too many irons in the fire at the moment, but it's mostly of my own doing.  I decided to take Spanish lessons AND piano lessons on top of everything else I'm doing.  I figured that if I don't do them now, when am I going to, right?

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Fan Freebie --

This month, I added more graffiti, frames, tags and a few charm buttons to enhance your layouts.  The colors this month were so much fun to work with.  Enjoy!

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The Boo Update --

Boo will take the sun wherever he can find it!  

Until next month . . .

February 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

During our last big snowstorm, I started my annual flower shopping at BluestonePerennials.com.  I gave most of my plants by the berry patch to my daughter last year knowing they would all look better in her garden.  So I have 3 box garden beds to fill this year.  My husband is sure I did that on purpose so that I could try out all the new varieties of plants that I've been looking at.  "Uh-huh...so what's your point?" I said.  He's a smart man.  He left me alone while I was adding things to my wishlist.

With everything white and cold outside, the greens and browns in this palette just warmed my heart.  Kind of like buying garden flowers in the middle of winter :)  I love doodle flowers, too.  They can be colored any color that fits my kit theme and are the perfect touches to digital scrapbooking pages.  The graffiti shown in this kit are actually in the Fan Freebie kit below, so be sure to download both.

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Fan Freebie --

I added more papers, graffiti and elements to this kit to match up with the one above.  Working with these colors helped me to forget about the snow blowing outside.  I swear, the older I get the more I dislike winter.  

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The Boo Update --

Boo isn't so crazy about winter either, even though he is strictly a house cat.  He loves the heat that comes out of the floor vents.  So do I quite actually!!  Move over, Boo~!!

See ya next month!